Assigning, revoking, and changing a license or license pool
Once you have activated a license on F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management, you can assign and revoke those licenses for your managed and unmanaged BIG-IP VE devices in your network.
Note: Unmanaged devices are devices that are located in your network, but that are not in the BIG-IQ Centralized Management system’s BIG-IP Inventory list.
After you have activated a license’s registration key, you can assign it to a BIG-IP VE device.
To assign a license to an unmanaged device in your network, you must have the device’s admin user name and password.
You assign a license to a BIG-IP VE device to authorize the device to run F5 services that support your applications.
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At the top of the screen, click Configuration.
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On the left, click LICENSE MANAGEMENT > Licenses.
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Click the name of the license you want to assign to a device.
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Click the name of the offering.
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Click the License Devices button.
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For managed devices, from the Devices list, select the device you want to license and move it to the Member Devices list.
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For unmanaged devices (devices in your network, but you are not managing from BIG-IQ), type the device’s address, user name, and password in the Unmanaged Devices section.
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Click the Assign button at the bottom of the screen.
Before you can revoke a license for a device in your network, you must have the device’s IP address.
When fewer devices are required for your applications, you can revoke licenses to reassign them to other BIG-IP VE devices, as needed. This procedure allows you to revoke a single license.
Important: When you revoke a BIG-IP license, BIG-IQ removes it from the BIG-IP. When the license is removed, that BIG-IP is no longer operable and won’t be able to manage traffic.
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At the top of the screen, click Configuration.
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On the left, click LICENSE MANAGEMENT > Assignments.
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Select the check box next to the device you want to remove a license from.
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If this is an unmanaged device, type the BIG-IP system’s administrator’s Username and Password.
Unmanaged devices are devices that are located in your network, but are not in the BIG-IQ system’s BIG-IP Inventory list. These fields do not display if this is a managed device.
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Click the Revoke button at the bottom of the screen.
You must have activated and assigned a license to a BIG-IP VE device before you can change the license.
F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management makes it easy to change a specific license offering on a BIG-IP VE as traffic increases, as requirements for different services come up, or if you need to change the unit of measure for billing purposes. Use this procedure to change a single pool license offering.
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At the top of the screen, click Configuration.
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On the left, click LICENSE MANAGEMENT > Assignments.
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Select the check box next to the name of the device you want to change a license for and click the Change License button.
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If this is an unmanaged device, type the BIG-IP system’s administrator’s Username and Password.
Unmanaged devices are devices that are located in your network, but are not in the BIG-IQ system’s BIG-IP Inventory list. These fields do not display if this is a managed device.
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In the New Assignment area, from the License Type list, select the type of license pool you want to select another license from.
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From the License list, select the license you want to assign to this device.
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Click the Assign button at the bottom of the screen.
If you make a change to an assigned BIG-IP license (for example, if you purchase an add-on key for a license), you’ll need to re-license the BIG-IP device the license is associated with.
Use this procedure to re-license a managed BIG-IP device.
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At the top of the screen, click Configuration.
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On the left, click LICENSE MANAGEMENT > Licenses.
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Click the license name.
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Select the check box next to the license and click the Refresh button.
BIG-IQ re-licenses the BIG-IP device to which this license was previously assigned to.